![](http://imageshack.us/a/img30/5725/h19z.jpg)
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Belly's just fine (and tiller was good, no hinges, etc:
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img802/7259/2vxr.jpg)
The stuff just cracked/broke apart too, but the thing didn't wanna blow for nothing. I mean I heard the core break a bunch of times. Here's a pick of a crack, there is a similar crack on the other side:
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img801/3206/zpu6.jpg)
It was pulling 80# @ 32". I pulled it farther than 32" a bunch of times. It just didn't wanna blow, lol. I was putting the nocks on the top nock, and the padauk tip kept breaking off when I was fitting the horn, to where my top nock was gonna be like 2" shorter than my bottom (after I glued the bottom nock on) and I just didn't feel like retillering, I got pissed and broke it,
![Roll Eyes ::)](http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
. I thought it was cool though to see a core fail but the belly and backing not wanna give up, so thought I would share this. If I didn't screw up the nocks, I would of kept it for sure, the bow held 2 1/2" of 3" glued in reflex, and would of been a nice bow. I don't think I will use padauk again, if I do it will be a very light bow. But I most likely will just pitch my last padauk core. I had a bamboo paduak hickory glued up before this that outright broke on the longstring (from the padauk core failing, just like this one).